Rural Municipality of Ethelbert

The Rural Municipality of Ethelbert is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on March 1, 1905.^[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Ethelbert to form the Municipality of Ethelbert.^[2]

The westernmost approximately one-quarter of the former RM lay within Duck Mountain Provincial Forest. It was the largest area of the forest that lay within any single rural municipality.

Communities

Garland
Mink Creek

References

^ "Manitoba's Municipal History: Rural Municipalities and Local Government Districts". The Manitoba Historical Society. September 21, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
^ "Manitoba's Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015)". The Manitoba Historical Society. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

Manitoba Municipalities: Rural Municipality of Ethelbert
Map of Ethelbert R.M. at Statcan

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51°32′11″N 100°29′53″W / 51.53639°N 100.49806°W / 51.53639; -100.49806

[1] "Manitoba's Municipal History: Rural Municipalities and Local Government Districts". The Manitoba Historical Society. September 21, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

[2] "Manitoba's Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015)". The Manitoba Historical Society. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.